Will this years F1 season again be fronted by the prancing horse or will the likes of struggling Jordan F1 regain momentum. Comments greatly accecpted! :)
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Dont blame it on the Irish

Yup. Ferrari's technology is so much better than everyone elses.

It would be amazing if minardi won a race this yeah.

I'm afraid so, F1 is still going to remain boring.

When will the ferriari tyrant stop, i respect them greatly but it there fault F1 is so pointless, they should go back to the car they were allowed in the 1980's, so much dangerester?. :eek:
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When will the ferriari tyrant stop, i respect them greatly but it there fault F1 is so pointless, they should go back to the car they were allowed in the 1980's, so much dangerester?. :eek:
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Ahhh.... This is more like it :eek:

Probably yes.. considering last year they took top 2. Then BAR-Honda 3rd, so every other team is a fair bit behind.

Yeh, i hope BAR do well this year, but espically Jordan, an Irish team!!!.
I think David coultard is driving for williams is he?

I have a good feeling mercedes might be some sort of competition. They have two excellent drivers and i'm pretty sure they worked the bugs out of their cars. It'll be interesting. They showed some signs of hope last year a couple of times.

Unfortunately, 2005's F1 championship will be dominated by Ferrari and Michael Schumacher again...
BAR-Honda will also do good.

Remember when merc did that awful front nose wing on there car, Fashion Police people!!!
Besides Michael S, i think takuama sato is probly one of the most talented driver on the curicut, Fearless!
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Formula 1 is hardly about style. Those cars really have no beauty what-so-ever (in my opinion at least). They're nothing like the old F1 cars of the early early days.

And i think BMW had that odd, walrus trunk type nose.

Formula 1 is hardly about style. Those cars really have no beauty what-so-ever (in my opinion at least). They're nothing like the old F1 cars of the early early days.

And i think BMW had that odd, walrus trunk type nose.
Nope, merc had that, bmw had the one with the kinda, 2 pointed thinges at the top?.
Renault have the nicest car on the grid thought!

Why does it have an ugly nose? It's no different then the renault car:

http://www.mclaren.co.uk/

As I saw the teams preparations until now, there is a big step for Williams.They make good work at Winter practises and I think this will be obvious in the next year.
IMO the twin <<Schumi-Rubinho>> is kinda old so this will cost.If not in this year, surely at 2006 when it will be the last of them.My personal dream is to see Kimi and Fernando at Ferrari's seats after Schumi and Barrichello leave.Ferrari, made a good preparation also, but they mostly worked at the previous engine with new air-wings and the tyres.Especially in terms of tyres Bridgestone and Ferrari made some good tests this week at Spain and they seem to be outstanding for this year.According to the new changes of rules for tyres, each team should bring 2 sets of tyres at each GP.So it would be more interesting.Renault also did some good preparations and their tests were successfull(for them and what they said).
I believe that this team would be a good one at 2005.
That's all in summary.
Schumi.

Who is the leading tyre supplyer at this momment, would it be, bridgestone or mitchelin?
My own choise would be mitchelin, mainly because of it's good usuage in either wet and dry weather, a good allrounder!
Bridgstone seem to focus more on slick tyres than other aspects of the condition's

Who is the leading tyre supplyer at this momment, would it be, bridgestone or mitchelin?
My own choise would be mitchelin, mainly because of it's good usuage in either wet and dry weather, a good allrounder!
Bridgstone seem to focus more on slick tyres than other aspects of the condition's

If your team is called Ferrari, then choose Bridgestone. If it isnt choose Michelin. It's as simply as that.:p
And btw, Bridgestone has amazing full wets, they're way better as the Michelin.

As bridgstone may has a good compound, michelin types warm up quicker!
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Michelin Drys also dont mind a tad bit of water, dampish track they're ok. A Bridgestone tyred machine would have to put on Inter's. Even the Ferrari. I think BAR's new car should be good and they have a strong engine from Honda, the most powerful on the grid at the moment. They have the best chance of beating the reds this year IMO.

Nope, merc had that, bmw had the one with the kinda, 2 pointed thinges at the top?.
Renault have the nicest car on the grid thought!

Yeah is williams back to the normal type wing, or is that for next year? And yes I also agree that Renault has a very good looking car. I cant remember who said it but yes it would be really nice if Jordan won, or even minardi cosworth, or sauber. And about Sauber Petronas, are they taking the F2004 cars from ferrari this year?

Michelin Drys also dont mind a tad bit of water, dampish track they're ok. A Bridgestone tyred machine would have to put on Inter's. Even the Ferrari. I think BAR's new car should be good and they have a strong engine from Honda, the most powerful on the grid at the moment. They have the best chance of beating the reds this year IMO.

Yes I agree with you also. But still since Bridgestone is practially with Ferrari they can fine tune the tires for the cars on ferrari's test course, which they can have wet, dry, any simple road condition.

I really hope Minardi win a race soon, it would be great for them. I dont really care about Jordan that much, Eddie seems more interested in the disscussion side of F1 more than the passion for racing. I'm also not sure how those new Toyota engines will be, if we dont see some results from Toyota soon, they may pull. And those B*s*a*d* at Ferrari have signed a new Concorde agreement with Bernie until 2012, what will this do for the GPWC?

I give bad news to the people that dont already know!
Eddie jordan has sold Jordan F1 for the sum of £40,000000 to Alex shnaider of Midland F1.
Sad news because it repesented ireland in a way :( , eddie will stay at jordan for the next season under the name Jordan F1 but takover will then happen.
So it looks like a good year testing for jordan seen as there loaded! :-k
Also the car will be now know as Jordan toyota EJ15s.

that sucks. Jordan was cool. Didn't they used to dominate?

It sucks indeed. At least Eddie puts a girl on a car once in a while...

Mopar-> They never really dominated, but they were a very big championship candidate in the weird F1 season 1999, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen. But because of some bad luck in the last few races they didnt become champion.

What about in 1995 when Damon Hill won the title for Jordan F1 in the wet at sasuka, what a race!

What about in 1995 when Damon Hill won the title for Jordan F1 in the wet at sasuka, what a race!

WHAT???

Damon Hill never won the title in a Jordan.
Jordan NEVER won a F1 title.
In 1995 Damon Hill drove for Williams
Damon Hill didnt win at Suzuka in 1995, that was Schumacher.
Hill did win 1 race for Jordan, in 1998, but only because Eddie said that R. Schumacher(Hills teammate) had to let him pass. That was at Spa-Francorchamps. Somebody remember that HUGE startcrash, caused by Coulthard?

The point of this topic is of ferrari, so i heard about a deal where as the F1 team sign a deal stating to test there car for a period of 30 days only, all teams signed the deal with the FIA mainly because the FIA granted them with cash injection (large sum of money), ferrari however is a manufacture, which mean they arent a private company which inturn means they have money to spend, so in this case they did not sign the deal because it didnt affcted them. So lots more hours for testing for Ferrari then....Ahhh welll.
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Or so the ledgend goes?

Ferrari in that case have a unfair advantage and will once again walk to the end of the race in 1st place. Ferrari have also signed the concorde agreement until 2012 with Mr Twat-Face himself, thus putting the GPWC in danger.

Ferrari rools and Shumi kick ass :smt077
So stop wishing something else.There's hopeless :D

PS:I would like to see Shumi beeing beat this year but i don't think we'll have this luck to soon.He's the father of all fathers on F1.

I amnot saying he's not a very skilled driver, but put him under pressure and he buckles very badly. Its just that he has a very good car, put Kimi or Montoya in the F2004 and they would be faster imo.

put Kimi or Montoya in the F2004 and they would be faster imo.

Wright about this but Ferrari is Shumi's bitc# for atleast a few years.

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/1268/fvckferrar3lh.jpg
:smt077
hahahahahahhahahaaaaaahahahahaa

PS (Shumi is the bull)

LOL

That pic talks big.. but Lambo definetely cannot beat Ferrari in terms of perofrmance. :cool:

I amnot saying he's not a very skilled driver, but put him under pressure and he buckles very badly. Its just that he has a very good car, put Kimi or Montoya in the F2004 and they would be faster imo.
I agree Montoya probly wud be faster, even sato would give it a go. ;)
I heard about that concord agreement too, no good then for that rest of the teams
I wonder is there an F1 exteremeist that has though of kidnapping sumi or silent kimi? :-k

I amnot saying he's not a very skilled driver, but put him under pressure and he buckles very badly. Its just that he has a very good car, put Kimi or Montoya in the F2004 and they would be faster imo.

you could put just about any F1 driver in a F2004 car and have just as good of a chance as shumi, but it would be intrsting to see F1 do something like Formula 3000 where all the cars are equal

That pic talks big.. but Lambo definetely cannot beat Ferrari in terms of perofrmance. :cool:

Would bea more nice if in that picture would bea Shumi instead of the bull :D

A bit of good news now, Toyota and Honda have pledged themselves to the GPWC along with Williams, Renault and someone else who I've now forgot.

A bit of good news now, Toyota and Honda have pledged themselves to the GPWC along with Williams, Renault and someone else who I've now forgot.

Mercedes

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I want to know why toyota are still in F1, they've got useless secondhand drivers overpriced sponsership(notice not many companies sponser's on their car), and at every F1 race their team principal alway's says how there putting huge ammount of money in developing the car?
What development, where is it, can u see it?. :-k :mad:
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:smt069 (that looks fun)

I want to know why toyota are still in F1, they've got useless secondhand drivers overpriced sponsership(notice not many companies sponser's on their car), and at every F1 race their team principal alway's says how there putting huge ammount of money in developing the car?
What development, where is it, can u see it?. :-k :mad:
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:smt069 (that looks fun)

it might pay off in this year for them, this year thier effort to make thier cars better could happen, i mean is that they could have a good year if da matta steps it up a little bit. When he was in CART he only lost 1 race and that was because his engine blew at california (i think). Otherwise CART was too easy for him basically, if someone can dominate that much then get that horrible, somethings wrong

If Toyota ain't gonna score this year, then I haven't got faith in them anymore. Such a big budget, two very good drivers(Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher), a very good designer(Mike Gascoyne), a very talented test driver(Olivier Panis).
They MUST score this year!!

Yep mike gascoyne is a good designer,(he's irish) i think. But have you noticed that, trulli and schumacher have reached the end of there game, in so far as they both drove for great teams at one point, and now look where they are.
I just dont like toyota, although i do respect fans who support them because it better than saying 'I support Ferrari'
Also CART (imo) is a different and 3rd class F1 race, most teams if not all have graduated from F3000 to then F1?

Yep mike gascoyne is a good designer,(he's irish) i think. But have you noticed that, trulli and schumacher have reached the end of there game, in so far as they both drove for great teams at one point, and now look where they are.


Yeah you're right. Same with David Coulthard, driven for McLaren and now driving for RedBull.... But, still, Schumacher and Trulli are good drivers, and they both have the ability to win. So we'll see this year, but i repeat: Toyota has to score this year!

Aggreed they are good driver!
Best of luck to toyota this year, i wish them no pain r' bodl'y harm.

I hope Ferrari wins :) its is good for my stocks http://img144.exs.cx/img144/9054/yahoo040bh.gif

I hope Ferrari wins :) its is good for my stocks http://img144.exs.cx/img144/9054/yahoo040bh.gif
How much is a share for ferrari anyway? :-k

I don’t know what ferrari stocks coast I have Maserati stocks :)

I don’t know what ferrari stocks coast I have Maserati stocks :)
Ahhhh...., say no more, say no more
Trouble with the old Inland Revenue..eh? :D

Rolls royce shares are worth around £150average, per share!
Or you could just by share for BMW, kinda that same thing!
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:smt069 (that looks fun)

I wanted to buy shares in Noble, but I cant because its not listed, I could do with a aNoble M400 engine actually.... Hummm

I wanted to buy shares in Noble, but I cant because its not listed, I could do with a aNoble M400 engine actually.... Hummm
You probly know this but do noble still ford parts and engine for their cars.
As a fan a noble's car, i probly wouldnt think twice about buying any other car in its class...unless it a BMW M3 csl :-k

Yeah, its uses a Ford Duratec30 with two turbo's and a upgraded MTX-75 Box in the M12, not sure about the M400. Its the engine out of a Mondeo ST220 or Half a Vanquish engine if you prefer....

Back on topic.

I was reading up on various formula 1 team sites and I've come to this conclusion: Mercedes-McLaren will be ferrari's biggest competition if they can keep their car together. They have two amazing drivers, probably the two second best next to Barichello (dont know if i spelled that right) and Schumacher. Montoya was a big threat to ferrari a couple years back, and so was Kimi. On top of that, the mercedes car is one of the fastest during testing. I think they're going to have a good season.

More info on jordan F1, i heard they are in the process of signing one new driver, i will give the name of him when i find out...all i know is hes probly an unknown in F1 at this moment

Narain Karthikeyan is that driver, he's from India. He already tested for Jordan, Minardi and Jaguar. He drove in the Nissan World Series last year.
I still hope that Robert Doornbos will get a seat at Jordan. [-o< That would mean that there are two Dutch drivers in F1 next year.:)

He will probly be the first Indianan driver, No he will be the first indianan driver in F1.
I have checked on his stat's and they dont seem to impressive....Nissan?
1 mistake Jordan made was to not runue J fisacalla's contract but he did'nt want to stay so more bad luck then. :(

1 mistake Jordan made was to sell J fisicalla.

Jordan couldn't stop that. Fisichella wanted to go. F. Briatore is his manager. Trulli left Renault, and since Briatore is also the team manager of Renault, he gave Fisico that seat.

Jordan couldn't stop that. Fisichella wanted to go. F. Briatore is his manager. Trulli left Renault, and since Briatore is also the team manager of Renault, he gave Fisico that seat.

where did trulli go to? havent heard much about him lately

He's with toyota I think. Thats going to be a nice team.

He's with toyota I think. Thats going to be a nice team.

did he take da matta's spot, because he went back to CART, i know this is off the subject kind of but i think he would be better off in IRL even though i like CART more

He did, Da Matta races no more, I think.

i know this is off the subject kind of but i think he would be better off in IRL even though i like CART more

They're both boring, so I wouldn't care.

CART is an watered down version of go-kart racing, so bad its not worth commenting about, crashes are good though!

It's over, no Robert Doornbos in F1 next year:(


Jordan unveils Monteiro and Karthikeyan for 2005
Jordan Grand Prix today announces the signing of Tiago Monteiro and Narain Karthikeyan as its race drivers for the 2005 Formula One World Championship.

Karthikeyan’s signing marks the entry of the first ever Indian driver to the top echelons of motorsport, giving Formula One exceptional appeal in India with the potential for an enormous new audience and business market associated with a national racing hero known as "the fastest Indian on wheels".

Trevor Carlin, Jordan’s Sporting Director, said, "I know Narain very well because he drove for me in 1998 in Formula 3 and I have run him in various formulas every year since then. We’ve won a lot of races together. He’s very competitive, a super-quick driver, sometimes a little bit raw and wild in his style but he is a proven race winner and I am confident that in our environment he will thrive. He’s ready for F1 now I think he’ll do a good job for us.

"Tiago has also raced for me before. He raced in the Nissan Dallara World Series last season and finished second in the Championship, winning five races - he did a fantastic job. He is a super-professional and as a driver he’s very good technically, we will see him work well with the team to get the best out of the car and improve it. He’s extremely fit and has a very good race pace, rarely makes mistakes and brings us a very technically competent, polished and consistent package. This is the chance for him to prove himself and make people notice him. He’s ready to make a big impression.

"We have been very lucky to put together a driver line-up which gives us a really strong package in terms of youth, technical ability, speed and talent."

Tiago Monteiro said, "I’m more than excited to be part of Jordan Grand Prix this season. I have worked hard each season to be able to race one day in F1 and I really want to make the most out of this to thank everyone who helped put me here today. Portugal was waiting for a F1 driver for nearly ten years and the fact that I'm going to represent my country and the Portuguese culture all over the world makes me proud and gives me so much motivation. I have also a special thought for all my friends and supporters in France where I have done most of my racing career. It’s great to start with Jordan and the addition of Midland and all the Carlin people I have been racing with is a big plus.”

Narain Karthikeyan said, "My aim has always been to compete in F1, it is where no Indian driver has been before. I’ve got the hopes of a nation behind me so I’ve no choice but to succeed now. I have tested with three different Formula 1 teams at various circuits and I’m going to give it everything I’ve got so I am confident that this is going to be a good year for me. "

Im not very sure of this but is there mush of a following of F1 in the USA???

If I was at Eddie Jordan's place I would remind to let this boy to be my driver for a whole season.Even if I knew that I cannot do pretty much work during the season and except if he owns sponsors... :P

Toyota's in trouble, Trulli has told a magazine that the new Toyota is eating up its rear tyres too quickly (bit like the Jaguar R4) thus hurting its race distance pace. Since cars can no longer make a tyre change during the race, this looks like the Minardi's will no longer be at the back of the grid. That said, Trulli did say the Toyota was very quick and should be good in the opening stages.... Toyota, you've got alot of money and 3 weeks, get it sorted or you're f*cked.

Even that, I dont think that Toyota would be challenging this year.
In contrary, Renault can hit 2nd or even 1st place.As I saw at preparations and at Season test.

Yeah, I think toyota doesn't have the experience or the drivers to be serious this year. Maybe in couple of years they'll be up there. I'm sticking with my prediction on this one. It's going to be Mercedes McLaren and Ferrari duking it out the whole year. I'm not sure anyone else could keep up.

Yes, toyota has the brain to go places but for now i think we should see renualt up there in the top 3, as for williams it will be very interesting to see how they will do with the new drivers + car.
All previous season, we have seen montoya battle it out with sumi for some great races, however we have learned that, put sumi under pressure and he'll lose concentration!. PLEASE! anyone else even toyota win some races and stop this ferrari mess!!

I hope BMW-Williams do well this year, including Mark and Nick. Have people forgot BAR-Honda? Thery were the only people to hold a flame to Ferrari's petrol tank all season last year, they should be up there with Mclaren, BMW and Renault. I think Jordan/Minardi and Toyota will be at the back of the grid. Red-Bull, Sauber will probably get some good results this year.

I really have no clue what it's gonna be next year, because with so many new rules in aerodynamics, the engine and the tyres, it's hard to say who did the best job with the new cars.
And if there is anything I dont trust, then it is the wintertests. Sometimes teams are very fast, but when it really counts in the races they suck. And other times teams are slow in the wintertests, but are very fast in the races.

It's just that you cant change engine for 2 races. :P
They try to make it more difficult for the top teams but the only thing that they make is to be more difficult for Minardi and Jordan ;)

Anyway, Toyota's drivers are good drivers.Trulli and Ralf can drive cars very well.
The only thing that matters in Toyota is that they dont have the knowledge yet and the experience.We will see the next years.

It's just that you cant change engine for 2 races. :P

And no tyre changes in the race, and less downforce because of the higher frontwing, and the changes in the rear wing...
Normally teams take the car from last year, and make it better. But this time, they had to build the car from scratch...

I think that with the new rules in place, the 2 race rule, and the rule where only 2 sets of tires can be used in qualifying and racing, it will be more interesting. I can't wait.

Yes i very much agree, the new set of FIA rule will be interesting to follow!
There has been news in ireland that will testing at toyota, the cars rear tyres burn-up faster than normal. The drivers were the first to point out the problem!

Yes, and the tyres rule must be good.I didnt learn something for tyre-preparation or tests.Ferrari and the other teams made tests about the tyres for sure but I dont know anything for the tyre manufactors.They must be done some work about tyres.
BTW, Renault make very good times at their tests.

I wonder who people here are hopeing to do well in F! 2005, only three weeks away!

There has been news in ireland that will testing at toyota, the cars rear tyres burn-up faster than normal. The drivers were the first to point out the problem!

You mean tires burn up faster in Ireland? I've never heard of that.

I want either Kimi to win in the new Mclaren or Button in the BAR-Honda. I would like to see Mr Webber do well in the BMW along with Nick in the sister car. Sato will be fun to watch as always and I think that Red Bull will give us some suprises...

My prediction for the first race:

1. K Räikkönen - Mclaren-Mercedes
2. M Schmacher - Ferrari
3. J Button - BAR-Honda
4. J Montoya - Mclaren-Mercedes
5. M Webber - Williams-BMW
6. R Barrichello - Ferrari
7. F Alonso - Renault
8. G Fisichella - Renault
9. T Sato - BAR-Honda
10. N Heidfeld - Willaims-BMW

I'll finish it later...

I have a feeling ferrari will win the first race, but mercedes-mclaren will show a huge amoutn of strength, possibly a 2-3. I think you might be underestimating Montoya, but he is in a brand new car, so I suppose you're right. I hope mercedes does really well, or they'll make me look like an idiot. Well, they won't make me look good.

You mean tires burn up faster in Ireland? I've never heard of that.
Oh ya here we go...making fun of the irish boy already?Eh :p

I want either Kimi to win in the new Mclaren or Button in the BAR-Honda. I would like to see Mr Webber do well in the BMW along with Nick in the sister car. Sato will be fun to watch as always and I think that Red Bull will give us some suprises...

I dont think so.Heidfeld is making a great overall progress in Williams.Even Webber is behind him in tests.Yesterday and day before yesterday, Williams made some tests and Nick was first.Unfortunately the news for Williams fans are not as they expected.Williams team depends a lot on Mark and less on Nick.Now Nick proved that is not the second driver(at reality he is).Imo Nick Heidfeld will do better work than Mark this year.Not only from the tests yesterday and day before but from the overall progress of Williams tests and what I saw.

I wonder who's the worst driver in F1 then, stupid question i know, but there must be some driver who's quality is not up to F1 standard's.
Here's another question: Why have'nt women driven in F1 yet, what's not to say that there is a rule or somthing to stop them even thought there probly is ??

I wonder who's the worst driver in F1 then, stupid question i know, but there must be some driver who's quality is not up to F1 standard's.
Here's another question: Why have'nt women driven in F1 yet, what's not to say that there is a rule or somthing to stop them even thought there probly is ??

There have been some female drivers in F1 we have Maria Teresa de Filippis she did became the first ever woman F1 driver in 1958, competing in three GPs for Maserati with a best result of 10th in her Belgium debut race. And we have Italian Lella Lombardi became the first, and so far, only woman to earn a F1 championship point in the 1975 Spanish GP, finishing sixth.

The problem with motor racing is that it is for boys with their toys and its nearly impossible for women to find sponsors and join F1 Without big money behind you can´t drive or join it, . but we have female drivers in Formula Ford, Formula Opel and Formula Vauxhall And I hope to see Sarah Kavanagh in F1 someday :)

Sarah Kavanagh
Picture from http://www.sarahkavanagh.com/
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Oh please. Women can't drive. We all know it. Take CKG for example.

Anyways, I think we need some african americans in F1. It's rare to find one in any sort of automotive racing.

Mopar68
You so funny your big male chauvinist pig :) you better start running! It's all over, really over yeah.
I am gone run you over with my tiny excavator
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa.......
Malin got mad
Run for your life.

Ferrari probably will win again. but i think that it will be harder beacuse, mercedes now have two good drivers (kimi and juan pablo) and BAR still have Jenson. it should be pretty close.....

Im not very sure of this but is there much of a following of F1 in the USA???

No. There is no following for F-1 in the USA. Nobody here has even heard of Michael Schumacher. The only form of motorsport in the USA that has a following of any size is NASCAR (and the associated leagues like the truck racing.) Everything else is pretty much under the radar here.

The problem with motor racing is that it is for boys with their toys and its nearly impossible for women to find sponsors and join F1 Without big money behind you can´t drive or join it, . but we have female drivers in Formula Ford, Formula Opel and Formula Vauxhall And I hope to see Sarah Kavanagh in F1 someday :)

Sarah Kavanagh
Picture from http://www.sarahkavanagh.com/

You are right that motor racing is really about boys and toys. That's why women drivers that get the attention and sponsorship all tend to be attractive to look at. Boys are much more interested in a woman who can drive well and looks "hot" than they are in a woman who simply drives well.

Go to Sarah Kavanaugh's website. The first thing you see is a picture of her in a very tight, black leather catsuit. She clearly understands that for a woman to succeed in motorsports, driving well isn't good enough.
Look at the women here in the States that are getting all the attention and sponsorships (Danika Patrick, Sarah Fisher, etc.) They all are attractive. I don't see any ugly women making a big splash in motorsports.

Who did Maserati decide to highlight in their sports car racing campaign? Surprise! Supermodel Jodi Kidd.

So, to succeed as a woman driver, you not only have to be able to drive very well, but you really need to look good too. Is it really any wonder that there aren't that many successful women drivers in professional motor sports.

The only form of motorsport in the USA that has a following of any size is NASCAR (and the associated leagues like the truck racing.) Everything else is pretty much under the radar here.

Yeh...like Tractor Pulling and so on..

No. There is no following for F-1 in the USA. Nobody here has even heard of Michael Schumacher. The only form of motorsport in the USA that has a following of any size is NASCAR (and the associated leagues like the truck racing.) Everything else is pretty much under the radar here.

thats not really true. Granted, not many people know about it, but I think it's the second most popular motorsport in America next to Nascar crap. Of course, this is a HUGE margin.

Ahh, just get me in that Ferrari, I'll show them....

The funny thing is, that you can but michael's new ferrari in about 3 years time, for about $1,0000000+, start saving then!

Yeah I know, but buy then its out of date.

Ive heard of a guy that bought the 2001 season, winning car for about that price, but when he drove the car on his own, the car would instantly notice that it was not MS driving stlye and would lock it'self in Safety Mode so it would just stop. Didnt bother him though!

Kinda like a 'get me home mode', I bet it was limited to 155mph or something and would only do 0-100mph in 8 seconds instead of 4. Anyway BTT!

Actually, it justs stop completly, and must be started again with a ferrari laptop computer, a bit pointless that they cant 'turn it off or somthing, especially when you spen that much money, as i said the guy didnt seem to mind, 'but inside, he was crying'.

I find that F1 is getting boring because of Ferrari's dominence. I'll take the WRC anyday.

We are probobly sick of ferrari winning the grand prix. I would love to see jordan win it.:D